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BTR-80 Armored Personnel Carrier Series
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Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | Soviet Union/Russia (and approximately 40 other countries) |
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1984 |
| Manufactured by: | Arzamas Machinery Contruction Plant |
| Crew: | 3+7 |
| Armament: | Main: 14.5mm Heavy Machine Gun (KPVT); Co-axial: 7.62mm MG (PKT) |
| Engine: | 8-Cylinder Turbo-Diesel (Kamaz-7403) |
| Miscellaneous Info: | The BTR-80
Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) Series (aka: GAZ-5903) was an improvement
over
the BTR-70 APC Series.
BTR-80 improvements include thicker armor, more modern siting devices
(i.e. night-vision capability), better firing ports, a reduction to a
single, more modern diesel engine, new split side doors for easier
ingress/egress and an improved turret allowing higher weapon elevation. BTR is the acronym for "Bronetransporter", translated
from Russian as 'armored transporter'. As the BTR-80 design was relatively flexible for its time, improved versions of the APC were developed. One of these vehicles is the BTR-80M. Also, different variants (supplementing the APC) were also produced using the BTR-80 base vehicle as well. These include the 2S23 Nona-SVK Self-Propelled Mortar/Gun, BMM Armored Medical Vehicle, BREM-K Recovery Vehicle, BTR-80A/BTR-82/BTR-82A Infantry Fighting Vehicle, BTR-80K Command Vehicle, RKhM-4 & RkhM-6 Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Recon Vehicles and SPR-2 Jamming Vehicle. |
| Data Sheet Available: |
BTR-80 APC
Data Sheet by Dave Haugh |
Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| BTR-80 APC Photos | The David Haugh Collection |
| BTR-80 APC Photos | Vitaly Kuzmin - Moscow, Russia |
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.JPG) BTR-80 APC Photos
(Hungary) |
Luis Pitarch - Spain |
| BTR-80 APC Photos (Ukraine) | Luis Pitarch |
| BTR-80 BREM-K Armored Recovery Vehicle Photos | Vitaly Kuzmin |
| BTR-80 MPAEJ Technical Barrier Armored Response Vehicle Photos (Hungary) | The David Haugh Collection |
 BTR-80
MPAEJ Information Sheet (Hungary) |
The David Haugh Collection |
| BTR-80 RkhM-4 NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle Photos | Vitaly Kuzmin |
| BTR-80 RkhM-6 NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle Photos | Vitaly Kuzmin |
References Available
Online
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| BTR-80 APC Series Information & Photos | Army Guide.com |
| BTR-80 APC Series Information & Photos | Army-Recognition.com |
| BTR-80 APC Series Information & Photos | Federation of American Scientists |
| BTR-80 APC Series Information & Photos | Military Factory |
| BTR-80 APC Series Information & Photos | WeaponSystems.net |
| BTR-80/82 APC Series Information & Photos | Global Security.Org |
| BTR-80/82 APC Series Information & Photos | Tank-Encyclopedia |
| BREM-K Armored Recovery Vehicle Information & Photos | WeaponSystems.net |
Printed
| Reference | Author |
| Armor of the Afghanistan War (Concord Publications) | Zaloga, Luczak & Beldam |
| Blue Helmets Under Fire, The (Concord Publications) | Samuel Katz & Yves Debay |
| IFOR: Vehicles of the Multinational IFOR Peace-Keeping Operation (1995-96) (Tankograd Publications) | Carl Schulze |
| Jane's Tank Recognition Guide (Fourth Edition) | Christopher F. Foss |
| Magyar Honvedseg: Vehicles of the Modern Hungarian Army (Tankograd Publications) | Panzcel Matyas |
| Soviet Wheeled Armored Vehicles (Concord Publications) | Steven Zaloga |
Hobby Modeling
For a Full List of Model Kits and Accessories related to the BTR-80 Series of Vehicles, you can check out Scalemates.
Model Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
